The NYPD Spent $150 Million to Catch Farebeaters Who Cost the MTA $104,000 - eviltoast
  • aelwero@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    Right… But they spent $89m to prevent 104k in shrinkage…

    If you’re the executive at Walmart who handles loss prevention, and you put $89m into a program that reduces shrinkage by $104k, your new duty position becomes “don’t let the door hit you in the ass on the way out”. It’s a gross mismanagement of public money, and while it was obviously glowed up considerably, that was what was implied In the title.

    The lack of a comparison in overall losses specific to skipped fares before and after is a contemptible omission though, I’ll definitely join you on that hill :)